Watch box



WATCH BOX Filed April 25, 1956 H Fla. 2,

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sucrtflvfimif A A Patented May 9, 1939 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE WATCHBOX corporation of Ohio Application April 25,

4 Claims.

Thisinvention relates to watch display boxes and especially such boxesfor wrist or strap watches in which Wrist or strap watches are supportedin a resilient shock-proof manner and protected from dust, etc., andwhich boxes, when opened, provide a display for the watch so supported.

It is an object of my invention to provide a box for strap or wristwatches, in which means is provided for resiliently supporting thewatches to prevent injury thereof, during transit, due to shock andwherein the watches are supported resiliently within a rigid box and inspaced relation therefrom, the rigidity of the box preventing injury ofthe watches due to crushing of the box and the resilient support of thewatch in spaced relation with respect to the box preventing injury ofthe watches, due to the transmission of shock thereto from the rigidbox.

It is a further object of my invention to provide such a box which will,when opened, provide an attractive display for the supported watch.

It is a further object of my invention to provide means in such a boxfor supporting a strap or wrist watch in substantially the same manneras it will be supported upon the wrist of a wearer.

It is a further object of my invention to provide such a casing anddisplay which may be used after the purchase of the contained watch,either as a dust-proof case for the watch when not in use, or as asupport therefor to be placed on an article of furniture such as adresser or night table and which, when so placed, will support the watchin such a manner as to present the face for facility of telling time.

It is a further object of my invention to provide supporting means insuch a case, about which a strap watch may be placed in any one of aplurality of positions about the circumference of the support in orderthat the position of the watch face may be widely varied forfacilitating the reading of the time indicated thereby.

It is a further object of my invention to provide such a rigid casehaving padded inner side members to prevent injury of the supportedwatch due to contact therewith.

These and other advantages will appear from the following descriptiontaken in connection with the drawing.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a front elevational View of the box, closed;

Figure 2 is a side elevational view of the structure of Figure 1;

1936, Serial No. 76,356

Figure 3 is a top plan view of the box, as shown in Figure 1;

Figure 4 is a top plan view of the box, opened;

Figure 5 is a side elevational view of the box, opened as in Figure 4;and

Figure 6 is a front elevational view of the box, half opened, the backportion of the box being in closed position and the position of thesupported watch being indicated in dotted lines.

Referring to the drawing in detail, the base I is made of any suitablematerial and has rigid ly secured thereto by means of an upstandingflange 2, a support 3 which is substantially in the shape of the letterC and which is preferably fashioned from resilient material, such asspring steel. The members I, 2 and 3 are preferably covered withsuitable material such as velveteen for the sake of appearance and theprevention of scratching or marring of the watch supported thereon. Thebase i is suitably supported and rigidly secured to a sub-base 4, towhich is hingedly secured, by means of fabric hinges or the like, atopposite sides thereof, a pair of substantially identical annular frontand back members, generally designated 5 and 6 respectively. To thefront member 5 is secured one part 1 of a snap fastener, while the otherpart 8 is secured by means of a strap 9 to the back member 6. The frontmember 5 and back member 5 are otherwise identical. each comprise fiatfaces I!) having upstanding substantially vertically disposed flanges llsecured to the arcuate portions of their circumferences. The flanges areintegrally secured to the fiat faces It. The front and back members 5and 6 and the sub-base 4 are provided with a suitable covering securedto their outer surfaces, the inner annular surfaces of the flanges llbeing covered in a like manner. Suitable padding is preferably providedon the interior surface of each flat face ll] in order to prevent damageto a watch supported by the support 3 due to sidewise movement orvibration of the support 3 with respect to the back and front members 5and 5 when the case is closed, the members 5 and 6 being then securedtogether by means i, 8 and 9.

As will clearly appear from the drawing, the flanges ll of the frontmember 5 and back member 6 are inwardly directed and closely contact oneanother when the case is closed, as is shown in Figures 2 and 3.Disposed around the outer peripheral portions of the flanges H andadapted to be supported in channels in the outer surface of each flangeH is a metallic hoop The members 5 and 6 or band l2, which has the endsl4 thereof tightly crimped about the downwardly exposed end extremitiesof the respective flanges II, as shown particularly in Figure 4. Thesebands extend over the covering of the members 5 and 6 and tend to retainthe coverings tight on the members and also to provide added rigidityfor the members 5 and 6. The resilient support 3 has the exteriorsurface thereof spaced inwardly from the flanges II, as shown in Figure6. By means of this relationship, the watch supported on the member 3 isresiliently held in spaced relation from the flanges H of the rigidfront member 5 and back member 8 when the members are held in closedposition by the fastener means 1, 8 and 9.

Any damage due to sidewise vibration or movement of the member 3 withrespect to the base I will be prevented by the padding of the innersurfaces of the flat faces H]. Furthermore, only the side frame portionsof the watch will be exposed to or will contact with the padded flatfaces l0. Due to the resiliency of the member 3, it will readily.accommodate strap watches of widely differing strap lengths, andfurthermore the rigidity of the support of the strapwatch and thespacing thereof from the flanges ll of the front member 5 and backmember 6 in the closed position of the case may be varied by adjustmentof the length of the watch strap.

I have shown a substantially flattened portion H: on the member 3 forthe accommodation of an elongated strap watch case, and it is to beunderstood that the size and shape of the member 3 may be widely variedin order to accommodate strap watches of different proportions and thatthe case is also susceptible of use as a display andcontainer forvarious other articles of jewelry, such as bracelets or the like. Foraccommodation of watch straps of extreme thickness, or of such chains,bracelets or the like, the length of the upstanding flange 2 will bevaried, as desired.

It is to be understood that the above description and the illustrationin the drawing is merely illustrative and in no wise limiting and. thatthe shape, contour and proportions of the various parts of my case aresubject to wide variance in' the practice of my invention, and it willbe understood that I desire to comprehend within my invention suchmodifications ascome within the scope of the claims and the invention.

When I refer to case, I refer to the box of this invention and not to awatch case. I use the two terms interchangeably.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desireto secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A container for a wrist watch and strap comprising a fiat baseadapted to be supported on a substantially horizontal surface, aplurality of covers, a plurality of hinges for said covers, said hingesbeing attached to said base on opposite sides thereof and supportingsaid covers for swinging movement, a supporting member 01 curvilinearshape, means for attaching said curvilinear member to said base inspaced relation thereto between said hinged covers and in uprightposition, said hinges being located below said attaching means, and saidcovers being constructed and adapted to completely enclose saidcurvilinear member when they are in closed position.

2. A container for a wrist watch and strap comprising a flat baseadapted to be supported on a substantially horizontal surface, aplurality of covers, a plurality of hinges for said covers, said hingesbeing attached to said base on opposite sides thereof and supportingsaid covers for swinging movement, a resilient supporting member ofcurvilinear shape, means for attaching said curvilinear member to saidbase in spaced relation thereto between said hinged covers and inupright position, said hinges being located below said attaching means,and said covers being constructed and adapted to completely enclosesaid'curvilinear member when they are in closed position.

3. A container for a wrist watch and strap comprising a flat baseadapted to be supported on a substantially horizontal surface, aplurality of covers, a plurality of hinges for said covers, said hingesbeing attached tosaid base on opposite sides thereof and supporting saidcovers for swinging movement, a supporting member of curvilinear shape,vertically extending means for attaching said curvilinear member to saidbase in spaced relation thereto between said hinged covers and inupright position, said hinges being located below said attaching means,and. said covers being constructed and adapted to completely enclosesaid curvilinear member when they are in closed position.

4. A container for a wrist watch and. strap comprising a flat baseadapted to be supported on a substantially horizontal surface, aplurality of covers, a plurality of hinges for said covers, said hingesbeing attached to said base on o-pposite sides thereof, and supportingsaid covers for swinging movement, a supporting member of curvilinearshape, means including a flange mounted adjacent one side edge of saidcurvi-.

linear member for attaching said curvilinear member to said base inspaced relation thereto between said hinged covers and in uprightposition, said hinges being located below said attaching means, and saidcovers being constructed and adapted to completely enclose saidcurvilinear member when they are in closed position.

EUGENE LUX.

